JAT Yugoslav Flight 364
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| Bombing summary | |
|---|---|
| Date | 26 January 1972 |
| Summary | Bombing |
| Site | Srbská Kamenice, Czechoslovakia |
| Passengers | 23 |
| Crew | 5 |
| Fatalities | 27 |
| Injuries (non-fatal) | 1 (Vesna Vulović) |
| Survivors | 1 flight attendant (Vesna Vulović) |
| Aircraft type | McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 |
| Operator | JAT Yugoslav Airlines |
| Registration | YU-AHT |
| Flight origin |
, Sweden |
| Stopover |
Copenhagen Airport Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Last stopover |
Zagreb Airport Zagreb, Yugoslavia |
| Destination |
Belgrade Airport Belgrade, Yugoslavia |
JAT Yugoslav Airlines Flight 367 was a McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 aircraft (registration YU-AHT) which exploded shortly after overflying NDB Hermsdorf, East Germany, while en route from to Belgrade on 26 January 1972. The aircraft, piloted by captain Ludvik Razdrih, broke into two pieces and spun out of control, crashing near the village of Srbská Kamenice in Czechoslovakia (now the Czech Republic). Of the 28 on board, 27 were killed upon ground impact and one Serbian crew member, Vesna Vulović, survived.
The McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 was destroyed after a bomb on board, placed by émigré Croatian terrorists (Ustashe), exploded during flight. The plane was bound for Serbia (then part of Yugoslavia) from Sweden. The homemade bomb had been placed in the forward cargo.Vesna Vulović was near the rear of the aircraft at the time of the explosion but this is disputed. A food cart pinned her to the back of the plane during her fall, acting as a seat belt, thus preventing her from being sucked out of the plane during de-compression or the ensuing fall. Some reports stated she was at the back when the explosion occurred, but she has said she was told that she was found in the middle section of the plane.
Vulović was in a coma for 27 days and was temporarily paralyzed from the waist down, but survived. She continued working for the airline, holding a desk job.
Vesna Vulović holds the official record in the Guinness Book of Records for the highest fall survived without a parachute. Vulović received the Guinness prize from Paul McCartney.
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